17 Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen, 18 what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers, 19 to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
Job 15:17–19
Semantically similar passages
Psalms 78:2–4
2 I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning, 3 that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His…
Wisdom of Solomon 12:2–4
2 Therefore you convict little by little those who fall from the right way, and, putting them in remembrance by the things wherein they sin, you admonish them, that escaping from their wickedness they may believe in you, O Lord. (WEB) 3 For truly the old inhabitants of… (WEB) 4 … (WEB)
Jeremiah 6:17–19
17 I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’ 18 Therefore hear, O nations, and learn, O congregations, what will happen to them. 19 Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the…
Testament of Joseph 2:71–73
71 And He gave me also beauty as a flower beyond the beautiful ones of Israel; and He preserved me unto old age in strength and in beauty, because I was like in all things to Jacob. (T12) 72 And hear ye, my children, also the vision which I saw. (T12) 73 There were twelve harts fee… (T12)
Luke 1:72–74
72 to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, 73 the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us 74 deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
2 Esdras 7:89–91
89 In the time that they lived in it, they painfully served the Most High, and were in jeopardy every hour, that they might keep the law of the lawgiver perfectly. (WEB) 90 Therefore this is the teaching concerning them: (WEB) 91 First of all they will see with great joy the glory… (WEB)
2 Baruch 23:3–4
3 about things in which thou art ignorant? For as thou hast not forgotten the people who now are (2BA) 4 and those who have passed away, so I remember those who are appointed to come. Because when Adam sinned and death was decreed against those who should be born, then… (2BA)
2 Esdras 14:28–30
28 “Hear these words, O Israel! (WEB) 29 Our fathers at the beginning were foreigners in Egypt, and they were delivered from there, (WEB) 30 and received the law of life, which they didn’t keep, which you also have transgressed after them. (WEB)
Search the collection All books and codes Translations and sources